EU Member States and International Obligations - Council of Europe

The standards, procedures and institutions that ensure human and fundamental rights in the EU, or what could be called the EU’s fundamental rights landscape, is a multi-layered system, covering local, national and international organisations, the last of which include the EU itself, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations (UN).

In this intricate and networked system, all levels contribute to the overall improvement of fundamental rights.

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The EU and its Member States have taken on international obligations as defined by the Council of Europe. This data shows their formal acceptance of core international human rights instruments, as well as the results of the international and national monitoring linked to these instruments.

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The information on this page is up to date as of 1 January 2017. The reference date for the treaty acceptance data is 31 December of each year. Source: Council of Europe, Treaty Office; Council of Europe, European Social Charter - Table of accepted provisions; Council of Europe, Conclusions of the Committee of Social Rights; Council of Europe, Supervision of the execution of judgments and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, Annual report of the Committee of Ministers; Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights Annual Report